HARARE – South Africa-based Zimbabwean artiste Don Dada’s song Viva Mandela has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (Risa). The song, which is the official 2017 Nelson Mandela Day song, has been certified platinum barely a fortnight after turning gold. Risa certifies an album gold after 20 000 copies have been…
HARARE – Presidential hopeful Noah Manyika, who leads Build Zimbabwe Alliance, has propped up his election campaign, using his connection with music star Will.i.am, frontman for pop group, The Black Eyed Peas. Build Zimbabwe posted a video where Manyika was having a chat with Will.i.am end of March, although the talk might have happened much…
BULAWAYO – It’s exactly three years since visual artist Owen Maseko lost his fight to exhibit the controversial Gukurahundi-inspired paintings at the Bulawayo Art Gallery. Before the Supreme Court issued its order in April 2015, instructing the renowned artist to pull down his paintings — police had aggressively pursued his works following a highly contested…
HARARE – Theatre production and arts promotion company Rooftop promotions’ property is set to go under the hummer following legal action against its trustees. The property will be auctioned by Ruby Auctions next Tuesday under instruction by the Messenger of Court Harare. Among the items that will be auctioned are 129 black plastic chairs, 13…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s transwoman Tatelicious Karigambe-Sandberg — who shocked the world last year when she claimed that she was pregnant — has made another stunning claim that she has suffered a miscarriage. Karigambe-Sandberg — who is now based in Sweden — was born a man and made headlines in 2015 after saying she had undergone…
HARARE – A collaboration is brewing between music superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi and South African house band Mi Casa. The two partners met at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival last month, where the music guru performed as part of the tribute to the late musician, Hugh Masekela Mi Casa was the first to hint…
HARARE – Local theatre artists have in recent years failed to effectively use their art form to probe Zimbabwe’s leadership on the deteriorating living standards in the country, amid growing disgruntlement among the people. In the past, theatre artists were known to provide the sole platform for robust debates with government through the Board of…
HARARE – The campaign to lobby the University of Zimbabwe to accord sungura kingpin Alick Macheso an honorary doctorate degree has gathered momentum. The campaign has mobilised 20 000 endorsements through Facebook likes and Nash Paints director Tinashe Mutarisi, who is spearheading the campaign, told the Daily News that the engagement process with the higher…
HARARE – Rising music producer Cornelius Muponda is confident that his recent production — Bryan K’s latest single Fambai Neni —will propel his craft to a higher level. Muponda is rarely included whenever Zimbabwe’s top music producers are mentioned even though he is behind hits such as Gary Tight’s Ndizarurire (featuring music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi)…
HARARE – Singer Casper Mudzengere, 37, has released his second album titled Rudo Mukurarama which he thinks will make him scale to greater heights. The youthful entrepreneur-cum-musician is known in the music circles as Joy Commander Backed by Boyz DzeNyombwe, the album, produced at Truetone Studio by Jabulani Ndlovu is made up of six tracks…
